Featured Events in Taichung in January, 2025 (June Updated)

This year's Asian Biennale brings together 35 groups of artists from more than 20 countries in East Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, and the Pacific region, with diverse backgrounds, exhibiting works including sound, video, photography, painting, sculpture and installation. The 83 works in the exhibition, including 19 new creations, question the theory of progress and the universal concept of time, and guide the audience to focus on the present moment and think deeply about alternative imaginations and ideas about world order before transitioning to an uncertain future. practice. The theme of this year's Asian Biennale is "How to Hold Your Breath" which reverses the English proverb "Don't The original meaning of "don't hold your breath" is "don't expect change to happen soon", which implies potential hope. Influenced by global capitalism, contemporary people are always in a state of cultural and geographical migration. In the cosmos, we inhabit a multiverse of multiple worlds that coexist and constantly change. This phenomenon continues to change the identities, meanings, and structures of humans and non-humans, and new connections and senses of belonging are gradually emerging. A way of the world awakens people's potential to reconstruct relationships in the midst of collapse. The exhibition will also launch a public program that echoes the curatorial theme, including the “circular”ity) as the concept, a number of experimental performances using elements such as walking in a circle, spinning and dancing, and music loop playback; a series of performances focusing on challenging the established logic of power dominance through exploring issues such as displacement, imaginary futures, and dystopia. Artist talks; and the screening program "How Breath Moves", which is expected to start in December, will bring together 8 works with different artistic techniques, but jointly treat breathing as a collective film installation. A shared source of life and rhythm.

The tallest Christmas tree in Taiwan is in Lishan! The "2024 Valley Light Festival" has been launched in front of the Lishan Hotel at an altitude of 2,000 meters! In addition to the two 28-meter-high cedar Christmas trees, there are also bright lights such as the moon, stars, dandelions, and magic snowflakes around it; the valley pass part directly reproduces the winter beauty of Japan's "Gassho Village". Everyone is welcome to come here to enjoy the light bulb soup, maple leaves, and taste honey apples at the end of the year, spend a different Christmas and New Year's Eve, and experience the most special mountain style.